Tower Grove South

To: Block Captains, Co-capts. and Friendly Neighbors Considering Volunteering as One or the Other

We invite you to attend our annual potluck social on Monday Jan 25th, 7:00 p.m, at GOH Comm. Ctr. (Juniata at Bent.) 4168 Juniata, actually. No featured speakers, we promise!

[Just to clarify, Police officer(s) WILL be present to answer questions, but there will be no "featured speaker". This is our annual "fun" meeting.]

Bring a dish to share... any dish!

The survey questions presented at the Sept. 10 public meetings are available on line. There's a link on our home page (www.ewgateway.org) in the Great Streets section titled "Take Survey on September 2009 Open House Meetings."

Also, the boards presented at the Sept. 10 meetings are in the South Grand section of the Great Streets page: http://www.ewgateway.org/GreatStreets/greatstreets.htm

Posted by AndrewG
9/15/2009

On behalf of East-West Gateway Council of Governments (EWGW), please accept the attached press announcement as official notice of the South Grand Great Streets Initiative Pilot Project kick off. Although the residents in your neighborhoods may not directly live in the area, they may work or frequent the businesses along the project corridor and should be informed of the pilot project. Should you have any comments or questions, please contact Terry Freeland, EWGW at (314) 421-4220 or Shelia Hudson, Hudson and Associates, LLC at (314) 436-3311.

Both Residents & Block Captains have a responsibility to the neighborhood. This document describes these responsibilities.

Please click on the attachment link below to download a .pdf version of this valuable document which was created by the Block Captain Steering Committee.

A great article and video on the Morganford Neighborhood in the Post-Dispatch / STLToday.

GREAT STREETS INITIATIVE SOUTH GRAND: Public Meeting and Design Charrette Announcement

Good Evening Everyone,

Dear Neighbor,

As your alderman I take seriously any action that affects the quality of life here in our neighborhood.

Last week, I was summoned to a hastily organized meeting in the mayor's office. The improvements to South Grand have been fast-tracked by the metropolitan planning organization called East-West Gateway. They have retained a design firm to engage the community and offer a redesign of Grand Boulevard between Arsenal and McDonald.

July's Tower Grove South Neighborhood Meeting (formerly Block Capts. meeting) will be on 7/27/09, from 7 P.M.-8:30 P.M. at 4168 Juniata

PRESENTERS:
Bill Waggoner of Grove Furnishings will speak on Morganford happenings and the new art/bike racks installed along Morganford.

Lynn Josse, neighborhood history contractor, will speak on the status of the TGS Oak Hill historic district project, which should include most of the neighborhood north of Humphrey (and some of the south side of Humphrey too!)

This month's meeting is a block party training exercise designed to allow current and potential block captains to get their feet wet helping to throw a FUN block party.

We will meet one hour earlier than usual, at 6 p.m., to 8 p.m., Monday, June 29, on the 3900 block of Connecticut -- our block party theme is an Ice Cream Social (since one of our neighbors won an ice cream party from Edy's!!)

To ensure we have enough food, drink and supplies, please RSVP to awgondzur@mac.com If you would like to help us organize or want to contribute please mention that in your RSVP.

April 27 Meeting will be from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at 4168 Juniata (Grand Oak
Hill Comm. Ctr.)

- Dale Sweet of Gravois Park will speak about innovative tactics
they have used to "observe and report" neighborhood nuisances. They
have had notable success with their "CSB Patrol", calling in nuisances
they spot while riding the neighborhood.

- Kelly Moore of the International Institute will talk about the
diversity that is TGS, and give an update on the number of refugee
families living here

- We have also invited but have not yet confirmed a rep from Streets